Here with Kate Cunningham of the Detroit Pistons, Kate, how are you?

Doing great. How you doing?

I'm good. I'm good. We're here in San Francisco. You guys got in late last night from Utah,

play the Warriors tomorrow night.

Kate, you think about this season and what you've been through on, you know, early in January at 3 and 30.

I want to ask you this.

What have you learned this year about leadership and how you lead and how you do it in maybe some of the most adverse circumstances any player's going to face

in trying to do that in this league.

Yeah.

I mean, for one, I learned about how hard it is to win.

Basketball has never been as hard for me to win games.

So I just have a different appreciation for the smaller things that it takes to win games. So I just have a different appreciation for the smaller things

that it takes to win games.

And I mean, with leadership, I mean, it's hard after,

like you said, I mean, these are some of the most adverse

situations that I've ever been in, especially my basketball

life.

But, you know, to continue to try

to bring it and encourage the team, encourage the group to win this game, to have the energy

up, and it's still not go your way over time, you know, after so many games, it's hard to keep

it going, but, you know, being a leader, you can't take days off. You know what I mean? You have to keep it going. So I think that's the main thing that I learned is just, you know, a lot about myself and how much I want it for me and for the team. And what it takes to continue to, you know, be solid for the group,

even whenever things are going away.

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